Genetic and environmental influences on eating behaviors in 2.5- and 9-year-old children: A longitudinal twin study

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Volumn 10, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Dubois, Lise ^a   Diasparra, Maikol ^a   Bédard, Brigitte ^a   Kaprio, Jaakko ^b,c   Fontaine Bisson, Bénédicte ^a   Tremblay, Richard ^d,e   Boivin, Michel ^f   Pérusse, Daniel ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^f UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Eating behaviors; Environmental influences; Heritability; Twins

Indexed keywords

APPETITE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; EATING HABIT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MEAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; TWINS;

APPETITE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD QUALITY; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEALS; PHENOTYPE; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84889029467     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14795868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1479-5868-10-134     Document Type: Article

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